World Briefing | Asia: Nepal: More Political Representation For Ethnic Madhesi

Published: February 9, 2007

Leaders of the Madhesi ethnic group agreed to suspend strikes and protests after Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala agreed to increase the number of seats allotted the southern Terai region in an assembly that is to draft a new Constitution. At least 21 people have died in a month of clashes between the police and Madhesi protesters.